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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE<br/>
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CHAPTER 23
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Solomon is made king—Levites are numbered and assigned their various ministerial labors.
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So</span> when David was old and full of days, he made <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/23/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 1: 34 (33-39); 1 Chr. 29: 22.">Solomon</a> his son king over Israel.
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&#182; And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
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Now the Levites were numbered from the age of <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/23/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 4: 3.">thirty</a> years and upward: and their <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/23/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Chr. 23: 24.">number</a> by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
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Of which, twenty and four thousand <i>were</i> to set forward the work of the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; and six thousand <i>were</i> officers and <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/23/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 16: 18.">judges</a>:
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Moreover four thousand <i>were</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/23/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 26: 1.">porters</a>; and four thousand praised the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> with the <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/23/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="Neh. 12: 36; Amos 6: 5.">instruments</a> which I made, <i>said David,</i> to <sup>c</sup><a href="1_chr/23/5c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 136: 28.">praise</a> <i>therewith.</i>
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And David divided them into <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/23/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 15: 4 (4-11); 2 Chr. 8: 14; 2 Chr. 31: 2 (2-19); 2 Chr. 35: 4; Ezra 6: 18.">courses</a> among the sons of Levi, <i>namely, </i>Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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&#182; Of the Gershonites <i>were,</i> Laadan, and Shimei.
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The sons of Laadan; the chief <i>was</i> Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
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The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These <i>were</i> the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
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And the sons of Shimei <i>were,</i> Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah.  These four <i>were</i> the sons of Shimei.
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And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to <i>their </i>father’s house.
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&#182; The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
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The sons of <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/23/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 6: 20.">Amram</a>; Aaron and Moses: and <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/23/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 28: 1.">Aaron</a> was <sup>c</sup><a href="1_chr/23/13c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Setting Apart.">separated</a>, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn <sup>d</sup><a href="1_chr/23/13d" mark="d" type="A" title="Rev. 5: 8.">incense</a> before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, to minister unto him, and to <sup>e</sup><a href="1_chr/23/13e" mark="e" type="A" title="Num. 6: 23.">bless</a> in his name for ever.
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Now <i>concerning</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/23/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 33: 1; D&C 84: 31 (31-34).">Moses</a> the man of God, his <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/23/14b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Chr. 26: 24 (20-25).">sons</a> were named of the tribe of Levi.
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The sons of Moses <i>were,</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/23/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 2: 22; Ex. 18: 3 (3-4).">Gershom</a>, and Eliezer.
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Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel <i>was</i> the chief.
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And the sons of Eliezer <i>were,</i> Rehabiah the chief.  And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
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Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
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Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
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Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.
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&#182; The sons of <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/23/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 6: 19 (19, 29).">Merari</a>; Mahli, and Mushi.  The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
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And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
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The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
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&#182; These <i>were</i> the sons of <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/23/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 3: 2 (1-39); Num. 10: 17 (17-21); D&C 13: 1; D&C 124: 39; D&C 128: 24.">Levi</a> after the house of their fathers; <i>even</i> the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/23/24b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Chr. 23: 3.">number</a> of names by their <sup>c</sup><a href="1_chr/23/24c" mark="c" type="A" title="Num. 1: 22.">polls</a>, that did the work for the service of the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, from the age of twenty years and upward.
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For David said, The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of Israel hath given <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/23/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 84: 24.">rest</a> unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
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And also unto the Levites; they shall no <i>more</i> carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
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For by the last words of David the Levites <i>were</i> numbered from twenty years old and above:
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Because their <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/23/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Chr. 23: 6.">office</a> <i>was</i> to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
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Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for <i>that which is baked in</i> the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
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And to stand every morning to <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/23/30a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Thanksgiving.">thank</a> and praise the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and likewise at even;
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And to offer all burnt <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/23/31a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 1: 13 (13-14).">sacrifices</a> unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/23/31b" mark="b" type="A" title="Num. 29: 39.">feasts</a>, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>:
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And that they should keep the charge of the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/23/32a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 1: 50 (50-53).">tabernacle</a> of the congregation, and the charge of the holy <i>place,</i> and the charge of the sons of <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/23/32b" mark="b" type="A" title="Num. 3: 9 (6-9).">Aaron</a> their brethren, in the service of the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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